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Reflections for pedestrians – What does the driver see

From 1 September, pedestrians going after dark outside the built-up area will be required to wear reflective elements. How important this change was argued during the “Reflection” action on the Poznan Tor.

 

Police statistics on the autumn-winter period are absolute. – Half of the fatalities on our roads are pedestrians. Sometimes it is a miracle to avoid tragedy – says Raffia, provincial police chief in Poznan.

 

Statistics cover all deductions: both day and night, people with and without reflectors.

– The highest number of fatalities is in the 40 to 60 age group. They are people who have not yet had to wear reflective vest. The youth already had such elements, notes Picot Florey, the governor.

 

The importance of making changes can be seen on Tuesday evening at the Poznan Tor. It shows the distance from which the driver sees a moving column of people with and without reflective elements at night. The second presentation consisted in counting mannequins while passing.

 

How much does it give you a retro reflective safety vest, and also an experiment by TVN 24 reporter? Pedestrians with a glare are visible from almost 100 meters, while a man in a black jacket appears in front of a mask unexpectedly, a dozen meters in front of the vehicle.

Children got reflective vests – be safer

Such actions are not so cool as simply needed, “said Jolanta Kupczyk, Head of School and Pre-School Team in Górki Śląskie. Recently amended traffic regulations apply to all pedestrians who, after dark, are moving in undeveloped areas, are obliged to use reflective elements. This is to improve road safety.

 

Equipping students in reflective vests is not a new idea in the commune of Nędza. – In previous years, they were sent to older students, this year we decided to give them first class. Every child such a reflective element should have, it is a matter of safety, and the best, most visible vest is – said the head of the commune of Národs Anna Iskała.

 

Until now, the use of pedestrian reflectors on the side of the road has been compulsory for children up to the age of 15. This obligation now covers all pedestrians on the underside of the road. When it gets dark, each of them should be fitted with any reflective element so that it is visible to the driver.

 

About the safety on the road and not only told the police officers from the police station in Racibórz Kuźnia. The school also visited Sznupek – mascot of the command. – It is important for children to understand that reflections are really important. Especially now, in the autumn and winter, when it gets darker. New regulations are not just another requirement to be fulfilled. Reflective safety vest actually increase safety because they make it visible on the road that the driver can react quickly enough, “said the youngster. Radosław Rolka, District Police Commissar in Racibórz Forge. A pedestrian who travels in darkness without glare, the driver can see only 20 meters away. Visible reflectors increase this distance to more than 150 meters.

 

A great attraction was a show for the children prepared by the firefighters of the OSP from Misery. Students could see, among others. What is the car body cutting equipment used in roadside rescue when injured are stuck in the car. Each student could also see what the fire truck looks like inside. “The kids see the tie, but they rarely have the chance to meet firefighters, see the equipment they use to save people’s lives,” said Leszek Pietrasz, President of the Board of the Municipal Branch of the TSO Union in Ned. “Anyway, children should be equipped with knowledge of firefighting, security, human help,” he added.

 

“We had a lot of happiness and joy,” admitted the young Maj. – Many interesting things we learned today! Said Kevin’s colleague. “Well, for example, how to cross the road,” Maja added quickly. – And thanks to these vests we will not lose, because we will be visible! She said. “And the driver can see us quickly,” Kevin added.

Reflective vests with the coat of arms of the Commune of Nędza will also be supplied by high school students in Nida, Babice and Zawada Książęca.

Reflective umbrella – Visible and dry in rain and debris

Rain in combination with dark makes the view worse for motorists. With our Reflective umbrella, you can now keep you dry and get well aware of rain and debris!

This telescopic reflex umbrella has a high-reflecting surface that makes you visible in the dark. Keeping you dry, visible and safe! Reflective material is shining sharply white in the dark, near lights, such as street lamps and car windows.

 

Everyone likes to get attention! But it is especially good to be alerted by car drivers when you are a pedestrian, biker or biker. Those with reflexes can be seen by car drivers much more clearly and from further distances than those without.

 

At Reflex Movement, you can learn more about reflexes and the benefits it makes for you and your visibility in traffic. You can also trade reflexes. All our reflexes are CE approved. In our web shop you will find hanging reflexes, soft as hard, reflex sleeves, reflective vests, magnetic reflexes, and reflexology animals and slap wrap reflexes.

 

The reflex movement is owned and operated by Jessica Mossberg, entrepreneur and entrepreneur.

“My vision is to make adults use reflexes more widely. Parents are very skilled at providing their little children with reflexes, and children’s outerwears often have insured reflexes. In our adults (and adolescents) the clothes are often dark, so reflexes make big Even if you live in an illuminated urban area you need reflex. I, as a numeral, are extremely aware of the fact that there may be people I do not see by the way, have had to brake hard even at illuminated crossing points, just because I Did not see the person who started to cross the road. Then it is important to understand those reflective elements are needed year round and not only in the winter. ”

 

Buff has a tubular with reflective material

Original Buff presents its new tubular with Reflective material Buff, an accessory that improves the safety of all who practice their favorite sports outdoors and at night.

Made of 100% microfiber and without seams, the multifunctional tubular Reflective Buff offers maximum comfort and avoids chafing on the skin as well as controlling moisture and odors thanks to the Polygene treatment.

 

Reflective elements are distributed throughout the model and can be viewed under low visibility conditions up to 150m.

For this fall-winter season 2016-2017, the new Reflective Buff features eight different models including plain colors like black, fuchsia and yellow or fun prints that will make running, cycling, for example, safer.

 

In addition, some of its models have been designed under the parameters of the concept ‘Mix & Match’ developed by the brand, which can combine this reflective tubular with different caps to set.

 

Reflective collars to prevent street canines

With the aim of defending and safeguarding the lives of canines in street condition, the Come dog and Mosques Foundation lead in Quindío an initiative that aims, through a collar with reflective material, to protect the lives of animals.

 

“The campaign is aimed at dogs in street condition. We did it because hundreds of run-over animals die every year. In many cases the drivers do not see or do not stop to brake or, there are cases where they do it on purpose. For that reason, we implemented it in the department,” said Cristina Duque, animal advocate and member of the Come dog Quindío Foundation.

 

The woman who fights for caring for the canines said: “What we are trying to do is to make dogs that are without a home visible through necklaces so that citizens can see them. The objects are reflective and with ease the drivers can observe them “.

The youth group, which was united for the welfare of hundreds of animals, said that it also wants to raise awareness in the community.

“The idea is for people to brake their cars and motorcycles, because animals are like children and they have the right to live and cross the street. They do not reason as a human would, “he added.

 

In addition to a reflective tape, the necklace has an “adoptee” message.

“The necklaces have an adoption message. The campaign is carried out at the national level. Anyone who sees the puppy on the street can adopt it. The idea is not for Quinines to buy, we want them to join the wave of adoption and for canines to have a home. ”

 

The initiative has already settled in municipalities like Calera, Armenia, Qumbu and Montenegro. “The idea is that people come together and sponsor a little animal. The necklace has a cost of 13 thousand pesos, “added the animalist leader.

 

Those who received the first reflective elements were the canines that frequently visit the dining rooms that are arranged in different parts of the municipalities. Over the next few days, Quindío would reach 80 of the reflective objects that were bought by godfathers of the street canines.

 

Officers handed out 325 reflective tapes to the city

The policemen in reflective vest stopped the selected pedestrians for a whole week. But not people were committing misdemeanors, but because pedestrians had lighter clothing. Many drivers know about it. Few people in his life did not get to see the man who entered the road in the shadows. The action was named by the police very impressively and forcefully: Be seen – you survive!

 

“We shared 325 reflective tapes. In the morning, we handed it to people at bus stops, business trips, doctors, bakers, news stalls, gateways, and buses. In the afternoon, people who came to shop in the shopping centers, in the parks for those who walked or dressed dogs, the children on the playgrounds, “said the preventer of the municipal police Hanna.

 

Also, cyclists and mums with prams or people on the wheelchair have not been forgotten. Everyone could get ribbons adapted for strollers or medical aids. This was the first regional event of this kind in the field after the cooperation of the municipal police in the field of crime prevention. The Municipal Police of Karlovy Vary, Chekov and Island joined. These four components are working together on similar projects together.

 

“All reflective aids that can help pedestrians in road traffic, I welcome. Children’s things or school aids are already made by manufacturers with reflective elements. Especially for the elderly and their clumsy clothes, its worse, “said one of the drivers Petra Bock.

The government orders walkers wear reflective vests

Do you live in a village where public lighting does not work, or do you often walk in places where visibility is low? Then prepare your wallets. The Ministry of Transport wants to ask pedestrians to wear reflective vests or at least clothing equipped with reflective elements.

 

The reason for the proposal is according to the Ministry of Transport of Pedestrian Safety. “Particularly in reduced visibility, the distance to which the driver is able to see pedestrians moving without reflective elements on the road, in particular, leads to accidents, often with fatal consequences,” notes the Office of the Minister in the explanatory report to his Of the proposal.

 

The ministry suggests that pedestrians wear reflective elements in their garments, for example when they go on a road or other road without public lighting and reduced visibility. “Decreased visibility refers especially to dawn, twilight and night, during the day especially mist and heavy rain,” he says.

 

Costs for the acquisition of reflective material will not be too high, according to the ministry. “Given that the detailed specification of the features (dimensions, material) or the location of the reflective element on the garment (only a general requirement for visibility from other road users) is not foreseen, these pedestrian costs will be relatively low (purchasing costs A reflective band on the sleeve of about thirty to forty crowns per pedestrian) and, in principle, one-off, “the ministry said. These costs may be further reduced in view of the fact that in particular sportswear is often incorporating reflexive elements, logos, stripes and the like.

 

Reflective vests or sleeves will have to be carried in your backpack or bag almost all the time. At least, it follows from the Ministry’s statement: “The above costs for the acquisition of a reflective element will have to be passed on by each pedestrian, as he may be in a situation where he will be obliged to use them.” On the other hand, however, in places with denser buildings it is possible to count the existence of sidewalks or public lighting, where there is no obligation to have a reflective element, and therefore this option certainly does not imply a general obligation to wear, for example, after dark in the city reflective elements, the office adds.

 

 

 

 

Reflective elements save lives and money for fines

Police officers have the option to save pedestrians without reflective elements outside of the municipality a fine of CZK 2,000. Meanwhile, they are rather preventive, and pedestrians and cyclists distribute protective aids.

 

From 20 February 2016, amendments to the Act No. 361/2000 Coll., On Road Traffic, have begun to apply. Pedestrians have a new duty to wear reflexive elements for poor visibility when moving on public roads. For violation of this obligation, the policeman may award a block penalty of up to CZK 2,000, or in the administrative proceedings between 1500 and 2500 CZK. Meanwhile, the police are giving away the reflective tapes.

 

Do not want to get into the stats!

In the period 2012-2015, 523 pedestrians died, of which 303 at night. More than half of pedestrian fatal accidents occur on night accidents. Outside of the village it is alarming 79%.

 

Campaign for Safe Behavior

Since last fall, BESIP has been alerting the campaign “Do we see?” It aims to teach pedestrians to use reflexive elements. BESIP, in cooperation with the Police of the Czech Republic, distributes 500,000 reflective tapes, 100,000 reflective vests for seniors and tens of thousands of reflective laces and youth cups.

 

More news in traffic rules

The amendment also prohibits driving a vehicle with dirt, snow or frost in the outlook of the vehicle. The novelty is the introduction of the so-called bicycle street. Police officers can remove the vehicle registration certificate when they discover a dangerous defect. Sunway in cities must not exceed walking speed.

 

Ordering pedestrians to wear a reflective belt

In 2015, a total of 669 people died on Czech roads, which is about forty more than last year. The deaths of pedestrians, often thrown in the darkness, markedly increased. Tomas, the traffic police director, sees the problem that MPs have been delaying the approval of a law ordering pedestrians to wear a reflective belt. Now the bill is in the Senate.

 

According to the MF DNES, according to the calculation of the DN DNES, about 120 people died, the official numbers are not yet. Half of them usually hit the car in the dark. The most risky months are when it is dark.

 

“Pedestrians contributed quite a lot to the increase in deaths. We were pointing to the invisibility of pedestrians, which was just reflected in December’s statistics, “said Tomas, head of the Czech Republic’s Transport Police, MF DNES.

The boss of the convoys speaks out of his experience because he served on the weekend before Christmas and counted in December only seven killed pedestrians in Christmas, all of whom died in a low visibility.

 

“MEPs should have taken the law sooner to make the pressure on people bigger,” Larch thinks. According to the head of the traffic police, a similar obligation already applies in the neighboring Slovakia, and even in contrast to the Czech proposal, it also applies to the streets within the village. If the law were to pay, the number of deaths would probably fall below six hundred.

 

Ten times safer

“Experience from abroad shows is that the mandatory introduction of reflective material will reduce the number of pedestrian victims in the night from tens to units. But we want people to lead the reflection element to save their lives, whether it is mandatory or not, “Minister of Transport Dan Dick said to MF DNES. Last year, BESIP organized an awareness campaign to distribute the reflective strips.

 

MF DNES underwent specific cases of accidents in which pedestrians died, several weeks back. Very impressive is the accident of December 22, when the car crashed a fifteen-year-old girl near Lidice. The schoolgirl succumbed to the injuries. The Ford Mondi, whose driver ran the girl, passed two other cars just before the collision. Their police drivers are looking for a witness.

The tragedy showed that just the moment when a pedestrian on the roadside and two cars are passing by is very risky. The driver no longer has the place to avoid the pedestrians at the last minute, and he is also dazzled.

 

MEPs passed a law imposing the obligation to wear reflective elements while traveling on roads outside the village, which was approved on December 9. The people who leave without them in the darkness or fog, that is, in a diminution of visibility, as pedestrians on the road between two villages, will again face a fine between 1,500 and 2,500 crowns.

Pupils received reflective tapes

No pedestrians or cyclists on the roads are unnecessarily risk-free. Mainly under bad light conditions, drivers are poorly visible. Reflective elements were also recently received by schoolchildren in the municipalities.

 

For example, Timor Rajeev, who attends the fifth grade at primary school, praises a useful gift. “It’s super. In the morning I go to school myself, I think it will help me, I will see more, “he recounts. Just like eighteen hundred other children from the region on Thursday, he received reflective tapes and handcuffs and briefcase.

 

Safety features were handed over by representatives of Hyundai, which has been working with 13 neighboring communities since the beginning, thanks to the Good Neighbors program. “This year we have arrived with a traffic safety project, starting in the autumn, so it will soon dim, the morning is still dark. Reflective material increase pedestrian safety in many ways, making it an effective contribution to active child safety, “says Pert.

 

Policemen like this. According to them, reflexive elements are brought to the attention of both pedestrians and cyclists who can save their lives. “It is obvious that education is important. People are aware of how to protect themselves, “says Daniela of the Regional Police Directorate.” We assume that children will learn to increase their security from their parents, school, but the more they repeat, the more hope they get they remember it for the future. ”

 

While cyclists remember the law, pedestrians do not have the obligation to illuminate or to designate a reflective supplement. However, experts from BESIP warn that a black man sees the driver at night seven times shorter than a pedestrian with reflective clothing. “Any activity for child safety is welcome from us. We have other news, the village was built on the sidewalks, there is a new pedestrian crossing before the school “, says director school Igor Solvate.